[closed group] Team Yellow Submarine

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  • Sarah_uk
    Sarah_uk Posts: 209
    She's not on my list anymore either. Did she close her account??

    Anyway, the show must go on. How do we get a new member???
  • Kate_UK
    Kate_UK Posts: 1,299 Member
    Is it kidnap day today? Who are we attacking?
  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    I've attacked "Seas the day". They are right beside us and also started really late on in the competition so have totally caught up with us. No reponse yet.

    Also, we have a shipmate on the way via Caligirl so hopefully we can catch up a bit now!
  • Kate_UK
    Kate_UK Posts: 1,299 Member
    Looking forward to welcoming our new shipmate:flowerforyou:
  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    Points = prizes! THE TRIPLE ROW AWESOME PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT!

    Ok, I'm tired of waiting for people to log in. Its time to announce the prizes for the top 5 calorie burns from last Saturday which was triple day.

    In first place is vladikavkaz with a huuuuuge row of 2428. That's 50 miles on his own x3 = 150 miles. What an effort.
    In second place is Bullly, not far behind on 2148 cals.
    Caligirl2802 came in third with what was just a regular day for her with 1613 cals
    Awesome work from Kate_UK with 1276 cals
    And just scraping in for a prize is Sarah_uk with 941cals

    Great work prizewinners! If you'd like to receive your prize please PM me your address and something will be in the post for you soon!
  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    Also, next time the next kidnap days I'm going to allocate to different members of the team to deal with. Kate_UK, can you deal with the next one please!
  • Kate_UK
    Kate_UK Posts: 1,299 Member
    I'm looking forward to capturing a fellow sailor!
  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    Dear All,

    Here is a quick update on lots of boat related things
    - We did a drunken kidnap on Seas the Day, who returned the favour. I'm waiting for the cals to come in and will then add to the spreadsheet. Kate_UK is in charge of the next kidnap challenge.
    - We appear to have completely lost Chilliaddict as a teammate. Caligirl has suggested a friend of her's to take her place. "wjholder" send her a friend invite and messages and lets get her on board. We have some catching up to do!
    - Of the winners of the triple day prizes, 3 of you have sent me your addresses and your prizes are on the way. If you don't want to send me your home address because of privacy that's totally fine, just let me know.
    - I'm also worried we are losing Charlottekd, last cal update was a week ago. Can everyone send her encouraging messages and hopefully she'll be back. She's been v active with the team before...
  • Kate_UK
    Kate_UK Posts: 1,299 Member
    I just checked my frinds list and Charlottekd hasn't logged in for 4 days. Pleae come back Charlotte, we miss you!

    Welcome aboard wjholder:drinker:
  • Bullly
    Bullly Posts: 136 Member
    Aye Me harties.

    Early update for you all. The quack has said that I must go to the sick bay to have my leg amputated due to gangarine (minor foot op actually) on Monday evening. I hope the Captain will excuse me from rowing duties whilst I recover with some grog. Hopefully I will be back soon to help you overtake all our enemies.

    Should only be out for a couple of days!

    :sad:
  • vladikavkaz
    vladikavkaz Posts: 137 Member
    make sure you rest it fully before coming back to the rowing benches.
  • Kate_UK
    Kate_UK Posts: 1,299 Member
    I hope that the op goes smoothly and recovery is quick and pain free xxx
  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    Some more updates!
    - Monday and Friday are double days this week
    - Wednesday is "water Wednesday". We get an extra 10 miles for every glass of water we consume on Wednesday (up to a max of 9 per person). This is an easy task so I'm expecting everyone to max this one out - we could get a big boost from this. There is an extra column in the spreadsheet to track this.
    - Saturday and Sunday are kidnap days (Kate_UK is responsible for this one)
    - We have a new boatmate, swaymyway - please add her as a friend and welcome her on to the boat
    - Bullly. I'm sorry to hear about your legs. We might need to think of a sagotage style task for you while you rest up :)

    This week's mini-challenge for the Yellow Submarine is to upload a photo to the message board of you "rowing". This means uploading a photo of you doing whatever the exercise it is that you are doing to contribute to the row. For me, it'll probably be a cycling photo. Next week we will vote on the best photo and there will be a prize for the winner. Make sure you get a photo up on the message board at some point during the week.
  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    Bike.bmp
  • swaymyway
    swaymyway Posts: 428 Member
    Hello all - I'm your new teammate! I was looking for a new challenge so happy to be onboard.

    I'm afraid I don't burn crazy calories these days as I am close to my goal weight and have been at this whole weight loss thing for a long time - but I'm consistent, I log on to Myfitnesspal every day and work out 6 days a week - so hopefully I will be a useful contributor to the team :)

    Briefly about me - I am 31, from the UK (Derbyshire, originally West Yorkshire), live with my fiance who's very supportive, no kids or pets, work from home as a freelance writer. I have lost just shy of 100lbs since starting out on my journey and just have a handful more I'd like to lose. I love to run, swim and cycle and am currently following the Turbofire exercise plan :)

    I'm going to add my calories for the last week or so to the spreadsheet now and then read up on this thread so I can get a better understanding of how it all works and what's going on with you guys.

    x
  • Kate_UK
    Kate_UK Posts: 1,299 Member
    Great photo challenge Leila, I love your pics! I'll have to draft hubby in to help and find something other than my grotty old work out clothes to wear!

    Welcome Swaymyway! Congratulations on a fantastic loss, welcome abord!
  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    Welcome on board :)
    work from home as a freelance writer

    Cool. I do some freelance writing too. What kind of thing do you do? x
  • vladikavkaz
    vladikavkaz Posts: 137 Member
    Love the pink hooter...

    If I don't get a chance to make something before the end of the week, here's a t-shirt caption I've seen recently.

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  • vladikavkaz
    vladikavkaz Posts: 137 Member
    double post somehow..
  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    Wow so the spreadsheet has got quite colourful.

    Here is what you need to know about folks

    If you have RED boxes alongside your name, this means you need to catch up on filling in your calories. You can change the box back to yellow once you have updated it.

    Bullly has gone BLUE because he is in sick bay with skurvey-toe. I'm currently recruiting a sub for the sub until he gets better.

    We have welcomed wjholder and swaymyway to replace some lost shipmates.
  • Kate_UK
    Kate_UK Posts: 1,299 Member
    The colours are a great idea leila.

    Bullly, how are you feet? xxx

    Sorry guys, no burn from me today. My wrists and knees appear to be protesting about the extra strength training I've been doing. I was hoping they'd feel better by this evening so I could do something around now, but they are still sore and I don't want to risk injury. So with tomorrow being water day (drink up everyone) I'll have 2 days to rest and put in some big burns for the end of the week.
  • vladikavkaz
    vladikavkaz Posts: 137 Member
    so I've always wondered how much is a 'cup'?
  • Sarah_uk
    Sarah_uk Posts: 209
    so I've always wondered how much is a 'cup'?

    A measuring cup. You can buy them in many supermarkets. I personally only list by the weight of something.
  • caligirl2802
    caligirl2802 Posts: 232 Member
    1 Cup is equal to 8oz.....its a common US measurement :)
  • vladikavkaz
    vladikavkaz Posts: 137 Member
    ok, so 1 US cup is 236 ml.
  • Bullly
    Bullly Posts: 136 Member
    The colours are a great idea leila.

    Bullly, how are you feet? xxx

    Sorry guys, no burn from me today. My wrists and knees appear to be protesting about the extra strength training I've been doing. I was hoping they'd feel better by this evening so I could do something around now, but they are still sore and I don't want to risk injury. So with tomorrow being water day (drink up everyone) I'll have 2 days to rest and put in some big burns for the end of the week.

    So an update from the sickbay.

    I've spent the past 2 days on my back with my foot up. The bleeding has almost stopped but not quite. Have to keep the padding on for another day. I'm being looked after too well. Too many calories in and zero out. When I'm back I'm sure I will have put my weight back on and have to hit it hard again. Still recovery first.

    Row hard everyone!

    Karl
    Aka Bullly
  • dannysilvestre
    dannysilvestre Posts: 17
    Hello everyone :D

    Am Danny, and am subs. for bully, that's on a leave due to an operation.

    xx
  • caligirl2802
    caligirl2802 Posts: 232 Member
    So here is my "rowing" photo...I couldn't get an actual picture of me doing karate, so its a little posed, but you get the idea :)

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  • leilaphoenix
    leilaphoenix Posts: 839 Member
    Caligirl - awesome photo :D

    Come on folks - I want to see your photos before the week is out! xx
  • swaymyway
    swaymyway Posts: 428 Member
    Here's my submission - setting off on a 9 mile bike ride around Carsington water in the lovely sun (wish I'd worn shorts, hot hot hot!!).

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